Mimi Visits!!

We had a fun weekend with Mimi!! The boys gave her lots of lovin' and she ate it all up!

On Saturday, as predicted, we did some shopping. It was a rainy, cold day, so what else would you expect us to do?? In the morning, Tyler was napping, so we took Evan out. Mimi got a kick out of their raincoats, so we have pictures:

Evan just wanted to get a little reading in before we headed out.... We went to the bank, and then to Kohl's where they were having a killer sale!! MUCHOS GRACIAS to Mimi who has now provided my boys with their entire summer wardrobe (from Kohl's as well as Old Navy - my FAVORITE place to buy my little ones clothes)!!!

In the afternoon, Evan was sleeping, so we took Tyler out - he didn't cooperate too well on the raincoat photo shoot...

We headed out to - where else? - Target!! I love that place, Mom loves it, and Tyler loves it too! He loves to ride the elevator, so even though we didn't need anything on the second floor of the store, we took a ride up and back down again just for the pure fun of it (from a 2 year old's perspective anyway!) Oh heck, it's fun for us too just to see his face!

Here's a cute shot of the boys that I think was taken Saturday morning, but I can't remember. I just feel compelled to include it!

Sunday was a beautiful day, a bit chilly, but very sunny. So we headed to the tot lot! Not the one you've seen pictures of here on the blog before, but a bigger one in the next community down the road from us.

Tyler loves this rocking thing and does very well on it all by himself! And just look at him on the big kid swing:

In the meantime, Evan did some toddling around with a toy mower that some other child had left behind...

(a side note - BIG shout-out to our new Verizon Fios service which allowed me to upload this large video clip. I never would have been able to do this from home before!) Incidentally, Tyler got a bubble mower like this for his birthday from our wonderful neighbors, Neil and Wolf, so we have a nice, new, clean one that we'll be busting out pretty soon.

And then of course there was some sliding. This is a bigger and better slide than we have in our own tot lot.

After play time, there was some inside hanging out time,

(Note that Evan is now wearing the famous and beloved Janie & Jack slippers since Tyler has outgrown them.)

And then it was nap time.

Here's Tyler snuggling with Mimi after his long, sweaty nap. His hair was all wet and you can see his little flushed cheeks!

After nap time, the boys enjoyed an afternoon snack - where they got to eat the heads off their chocolate bunnies!



I regret that I did not take a before picture, but here is the after:




So that pretty much sums up our weekend. It was a wonderful visit with my mom, albeit very quick!! But she will be back soon - along with the rest of my clan - for Memorial Day weekend.





Ok, one last video that I have to add here. The other night, Evan picked up the dust pan and brush and proceeded to do his version of cleaning up the floor - I think it is HI-larious!!!




*Sigh* I love these kids.